Lohud Hockey Power Rankings: Week 4

It’s been a long time since we’ve had this kind of shakeup a couple of weeks into the season. You won’t normally find explanations here, but there was one move that needs a few details. Pearl River might be ranked too high, but the Pirates have not lost a game yet and own a big win over Scarsdale. They also play Suffern on Friday and will have an opportunity to prove whether they belong high on the list.

Here’s the good news for the state of hockey Section 1, there are six teams here that could be slotted in behind Suffern at No. 2 without a lot of logical arguments. Lohud Hockey Power Rankings: Week 4

1. 1. Suffern (4-1) – Lots of time for practice in next two weeks.
2. 5. Pearl River (5-0) – Are the Pirates worthy?
3. 4. Pelham (3-1-1) – Talent is only part of the equation.
4. 7. Mamaroneck (3-3) – Unbeaten against Section 1 teams.
5. 3. White Plains (6-1) – Has to do a better job holding onto leads.
6. 2. John Jay (3-2) – Needs to get some key players healthy.
7. 6. Scarsdale (4-2) – Is the chemistry good enough?
8. 9. Greeley (4-3-1) – Looking to avoid peaking too early.
9. – North Rockland (5-1) – Playing like a team on the same page.
10. 8. Rye Town/Harrison (3-2) – Has a lot to prove this weekend.

Mike Dougherty has been covering sports in the Lower Hudson Valley for the last 25 years. After writing extensively about local high school and college athletics for The Journal News and LoHud.com, he spent a decade on the Knicks beat. Mike has also filed stories from the Final Four, NBA Finals, U.S. Open, PGA Championship and World Series. He graduated from Slippery Rock University after spending two years at Kennedy Catholic in Somers and now lives in Brewster.

5 Comments

Pacfan

Can’t argue with any rankings – Suffern has clearly earned the right to be ranked number 1. All the so called projected best teams have been all over the place. Many good goalies winning games for teams, will that theme continue? DII has no front runner, it changes from week to week. D1’s front runner Suffern is still maintaining their status as the team to beat.

Kind of strange. Pearl River is # 1 that’s great but based on a single win over Scarsdale who was over rated? Pearl rivers other wins were against Nyack TZ, Ossining Carmel I mean not exactly strong teams. Jay get bounced for the loss to greeley. Pelham has only 1 loss to Suffern and knocked off Shen and has a convincing win over Scarsdale. Strange

I guess if Pearl River is able to play Suffern competitively, they’ll stay #1. Pelham was not competitive in their game vs. Suffern. That being said… I find it hard to believe that Pelham will lose to Pearl River at any time.

Somers/NS is a team to keep a close eye on, Greeley is up and down but looked great last week against JJ. John Jay will come back stronger once they get all their players on the ice. However, injuries are part of the game and you never know what you may end up with from week too week.